David Sabiston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Sabiston

American surgeon

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1924

Place of Birth: Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jan-2009

Profession: writer, surgeon, cardiologist, military physician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

David Coston Sabiston, Jr., M.D.,, F.A.C.S.
(October 4, 1924 – January 26, 2009) was an early innovator in cardiac surgery.
In 1962, he performed a seminal procedure that paved the way for modern coronary-bypass surgery, grafting a vein from a patient's leg to bypass a blocked coronary artery during open-heart surgery. The patient died from unrelated complications, but Sabiston's technique and other surgeons' improvements on it led to the development of surgical coronary revascularization as it exists today.